Saga (bush cricket)

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Saga
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Saga pedo laying eggs in soil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Saginae
Tribe: Sagini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
Genus: Saga
Charpentier, 1825
Type species
Saga pedo (as Locusta serrata)
Fabricius, 1793
Synonyms

TettigopsisFischer von Waldheim, 1830

Saga [1] is a genus of bush crickets or katydids containing around 15 species as of 2018. [2] It is the only genus in the tribe Sagini [3] and belongs to the subfamily Saginae. Species have been recorded from southern Europe and western and central Asia. [2]

Species

Species include: [2]

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References

  1. de Charpentier T (1825) Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis 95.
  2. 1 2 3 Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Saga Charpentier, 1825". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "tribe Sagini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 26 December 2018.